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A15647	The hymnes and songs of the Church diuided into two parts. The first part comprehends the canonicall hymnes, and such parcels of Holy Scripture as may properly be sung, with some other ancient songs and creeds. The second part consists of spirituall songs, appropriated to the seuerall times and occasions obserueable in the Church of England. Translated and composed, by G.W.	Wither, George, 1588-1667.; Wither, George, 1588-1667. Songs of the Old Testament.; Wither, George, 1588-1667. Cantica sacra.; Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625.	1623 (1623)	STC 25910A; ESTC S120233	90,046	236

ayre And stronger they then Lyons were 4 Weepe Isrel's daughters weepe for Saul Who you with skarlet hath arayd Who clothed you with Pleasures all And on your garments gold hath layd How comes it he that mighty was The foyle in battell doth sustaine Thou Ionathan oh thou alas Upon thy Places-high wert slaine 5 And much distressed is my heart My brother Ionathan for thee My very deare-delight thou wert And wondrous was thy loue to me So wondrous it surpassed farre The loue of women eu'ry way Oh how the Mighty fallen are How warlike Instruments decay Dauids Thankesgiuing 1. Chro. 29.10 KIng Dauid hauing by perswasions and his own● liberall example stirred vp the people to a bou●tifull Beneuolence toward the building of Gods house praysed him for that willing and cheereful free-offrin● And in this Thanksgiuing we obserue this method Fir●● he acknowledgeth Gods Blessednesse Greatnesse Pow●● Glory Victory Maiestie Bountie with the like and co●fesseth in generall that Honour Riches Strength wi●● all other good things are at the Almighties disposing Secondly he therefore prayseth the Lord and acknowledgeth also that his and the peoples willingnesse 〈◊〉 giue came not of themselues but was Gods ow●● proper gift as well as that which they had giuen La●●ly He prayeth for the continuance of Gods blessin● both vpon their purposes and endeauours and th●● their Beneuolence may be disposed to that End for whic● it was giuen This Song may be very properly vsed whensoeuer among vs there hath beene any free an● liberall contributions to good and pious Ends. An● to fit the same the better to such purposes the Person● and some few circumstances are a little changed 〈◊〉 this Translation Song 6. Sing this as the fifth Song OH LORD our euerlasting GOD Blisse Greatnesse Power Praise is thine With thee haue Conquests their abode And glorious Maiestie diuine All things that earth and heau'n afford Thou at thine owne disposing hast To thee belongs the Kingdome LORD And thou for head or'e all art plac●t 2 Thou wealth and Honour dost command To thee made subiect all things be Both strength and power are in thine hand To be dispos'd as pleaseth thee And now to thee our God therefore A Song of thankfulnesse we frame That what we owe we may restore And glorifie thy glorious Name 3 But what or who are we alas That we in giuing are so free Thine own before our Offring'was And all we haue we haue from thee For we are Ghuests and Strangers here As were our Fathers in thy sight Our dayes but shadow-like appeare And suddenly they take their flight 4 This offring LORD our GOD which thus We for thy Name sake haue bestowne Deriued was from thee to vs And that we giue is all thine owne Oh GOD thou proou'st the heart we know And dost affect vprightnesse there With gladnesse therefore we bestow What we haue freely offerd here 5 Still thus Oh LORD our GOD incline Their meanings who thy people be And euer let the hearts of thine Be thus prepared vnto Thee Yea giue vs perfit hearts we pray That we thy p●ecepts erre not from And grant our Contribution may An honour to thy Name become The Prayer of Nehemiah Nehem. 1.5 NEhemiah determining as the story sheweth to moue Artaxerxes for the repaire of the Citie and house of the Lord first made this prayer Wherein hauing acknowledged the Maiestie Iustice and Mercy of God he confesseth the haynousnes●e of his and his peoples sinnes desireth forgiuenesse entreateth for the peoples deliuerance from captiuitie and requesteth h● may find fauour in the sight of the King his Master Now we who by regeneration are the sonnes of Israel and such as in a spirituall sence may be said also to be dispersed among the heathen as often ●s we are carried captiue by the heathenish con●upiscences and vanities of the wor●d euen we may in a litterall sence make vse of this excellent forme of confession before our seuerall Petitions And doubtles●e a faithfull vsing o● these the Holy Ghosts ow●e words with remembrance of the h●ppie successe they her●tofore had will much strengthen and encrease the hope confidence and comfort of him that prayeth Who changing the two last lines onely may appropriate it to any nec●ssity For example if it be to be sung before labour conclud● it thus And be thou pleas'd O LORD to blesse Our Labours with a good successe If before a iourney thus And LORD all dangers keepe vs f●om Both go●●g foorth and comming home If before a battel thus And be thou pleased in the fight To make vs victors by thy might If in the time of famine thus And LORD vouchsafe thou in this need Our soules and bodies both to feed If before a Sermon c. thus And grant that we LORD in thy feare May to our profit speake and heare And the like as occasion requires Song 7. Sing this as the 9. Song LORD GOD of Heau'n who onely art The mighty God and full of feare Who neuer promise breaker wert But euer shewing mercy there Where men affection beare to thee And of thy Lawes obseruers be 2 Giue eare and ope thine eyes I pray That heard thy seruan●s suit may be Made in thy presence night and day For Israels Seed that serueth thee For Israels seed who I confesse Against thee grieuously transgresse 3 I and my Fathers house did sinne Corrupted all our actions bee And disrespectiue we haue bin Of Statutes Iudgements and Decree Of those which to retaine so fast Thy seruant Moses charg'd thou hast 4 Oh yet remember thou I pray These words which thou didst heretofore Unto thy seruant Moses say If ere saidst thou they vexe me more I will disperse them eu'ry where Among the Nations here and there 5 But if to me they shall conuert To doe those things my Law containe Though spread to Heau'ns extreamest part I would collect them thence againe And bring them there to make repose Where I to place my Name haue chose 6 Now these thy People are of right Thy seruants who to thee belong Whom thou hast purchas'd by thy Might And by thine Arme exceeding strong Oh! let thine eare Lord I thee pray Attentiue be to what I say 7 The prayer of thy seruant heare Oh heare thy seruants when they pray Who willing are thy Name to feare Thy seruant prosper thou to day And be thou pleas'd to grant that he May fauour'd in thy presence be The Song of King Lemuel Prou 31.10 THis Song is Alphabeticall in the originall It containeth an admirable description of a good Wife And these three things are here principally considerable the aduantage her Husband receiueth by her the commendable vertues she hath in her selfe And the reward th●● followes her Her Husbands aduantages are these A quiet heartfree from iealousie or distrust of her a ric● estate without oppressing others and place of hono●● in the Common-wealth Her vertues are Industry Pr●uidence Chearefulnesse Courage and Vnweariednesse

the Church doth chuse Instruct them by thy sacred Word And with thy spirit them infuse That liue and teach aright they may And we their teaching well obay These that follow are thankesgiuings for publike benefites For seasonable weather IT is our duty to giue God thanks praise him both publikely and priuately for all his mercies especially for such as tend to the generall good And therefore the Church hath in her Lithurgie ordained set formes of Thankesgiuing for such ends In imitation whereof these following Hymnes are composed that we might the oftner and with more delight exercise this duty which is most properly done in Song And therby also the formes of Thankesgiuing are much the more easily learned of the common people to be sung of them amid their labours This that next followes is a thankesgiuing for seasonable weather ●y meanes whereof we enioying the blessings of the earth ought at all times to praise God for the same Song 85. Sing this as the 3. Song LORD should the Sunne the Clowds the Wind The Ayre and Seasons be To vs so froward and vnkinde As we are false to Thee All fruites would quite a way be burn'd Or lye in water drown'd Or blasted be or ouerturn'd Or chilled on the ground 2 But from our duty though we swarue Thou still dost mercy show And daigne thy Creatures to preserue That men might thankfull grow Yea though from day to day we sinne And thy displeasure gaine No sooner we to cry beginne But pitty we obtaine 3 The weather now thou changed hast That put vs late to feare And when our hopes were almost past Then comfort did appeare The Heau'n the Earths Complaints hath heard They reconciled be And thou such weather hast prepar'd As we desir'd of thee 4 For which with lifted hands and eyes To thee we doe repay The due and willing sacrifize Of giuing thanks to day Because such Offrings we should not To render thee be slowe Nor let that mercie be forgot Which thou art pleas'd to showe For Plenty PLenty is the cure of Famine and a blessing which aboue all other we labour and trauaile for yet when we haue obtained the same it makes vs many times so wanton insteed of being thankfull that wee forget not onely Gods mercy in that but abuse all other benefits To put vs therefore in minde of our duty and to expresse the better a continuall thankefulnesse to the Almighty this Hymne is composed Song 86. Sing this as the 3. Song HOw oft and in how many crimes Thee Iealous haue we made And blessed GOD how many times Haue we forgiuenesse had If we with teares to bed at night For our transgressions goe To vs thou dost by morning-light Some comfort daigne to show 2 This pleasant Land which for our sinne Was lately barren made Her fruitfulnesse doth new begin And we are therefore glad We for those Creatures thankfull be Which thou bestowest LORD And for that Plenty honour Thee Which thou dost now afford 3 Oh let vs therewith in excesse Not wallow like to Swine Nor into gracelesse wantonnesse Conuert this grace of thine But so reuiue our feebled powres And so refresh the poore That thou mayst crowne this Land of ours With plenties euermore For Peace PEace is the Nurse of Plenty and the meanes of so many other blessings both publike and priuate that God can neuer be sufficiently praised for it yet insteed of glorifying him men most commonly abuse it to the dishonour of God and their ruine This Hymne therefore is composed that it may giue occasion to vs more often to meditate Gods mercy to glorifie his Name who aboue all other Nations haue tasted the sweetnesse of this benefit Song 87. Sing this as the 3. Song SO cause vs LORD to thinke vpon Those blessings we possesse That what is for our safety done We truely may confesse For we whose Fields in time forepast Most bloody warre did staine Whil'st Fire and Sword doth others wast In safety now remaine 2 No armed troupes the Ploughman feares No shot our Wals o'returne No Temple shakes about our eares No Village here doth burne No Father heares his pretty Child In vaine for succour cry Nor Husband sees his Wife defil'd Whil●st he halfe dead doth lye 3 Deare GOD vouchsafe to pitty those In this distresse that be They to protect them from their Foes May haue a Friend of Thee For by thy Friendship we obtaine These gladsome peacefull dayes And somewhat to returne againe We thus doe sing thy praise 4 We praise thee for that inward Peace And for that outward Rest Wherewith vnto our Ioyes encrease This Kingdome thou hast blest Oh neuer take the same away But let it still endure And grant oh LORD it make vs may More thankefull not Secure For Victory OVr God is the Lord of Hosts and the God of Battles whensoeuer therefore wee haue gotten the vpper hand ouer our enemies wee ought not to glory in our owne strength Policy or Valour but to ascribe the glory of it to him only and returne him publike thankes for making vs victorious ouer our enemies And this Hymne serueth to helpe their deuotion who are willing to performe that duty Song 88. Sing this as the 44. Song WE loue thee LORD we praise thy Name Who by thy great Almighty arme Hast kept vs from the spoile and shame Of those that sought our causelesse harme Thou art our Life or Triumph-Song The Ioy and Comfort of our heart To thee all praises doe belong And thou the LORD of Armies art 2 We must confesse it is thy powre That made vs Masters of the Field Thou art our B●lwarke and our Towre Our ●ocke of refuge and our Shield Thou taught'st our hands and Armes to fight With vigour thou did'st gird vs round Thou mad'st our Foes to take their flight And thou did'st b●ate them to the ground 3 With fury came our armed Foes To bloud and slaughter fiercely bent And perils round did vs inclose By whatsoeuer way we went That hadst not thou our Captaine beene To leade vs on and off againe We on the place had dead beene seene Or mask'd in blood and wounds had laine 4 This Song we therefore sing to Thee And pray that thou for euermore Would'st our Protector daigne to be As at this time and heretofore That thy continuall fauour showne May cause vs more to Thee encline And make it through the world be knowne That such as are our Foes are thine For deliuerance from a publike Sicknesse THe Pestilence and other publike sicknesses are those Arrowes of the Almighty wherewith hee punisheth publike transgressions This Hymne therefore is to praise him when he shal vnslack the Bow which was bent against vs and the longer he with-holds his hand the more constantly ought wee to continue our publike Thanksgiuings for when we forget to perseuere in praising God for his mercies past we vsually reuiue those sinnes that will renue his Iudgements Song 89.

from aboue The Highest doth by gift impart Thou spring of Life a fire of Loue And the annointing Spirit art 2 Thou in thy Gifts art manifold GODS right-hand finger thou art LORD● The Fathers promise made of old Our tongues enriching by the Word Oh! giue our blinded Senses Light Shed Loue into each heart of our And grant the ●odies feeble-plight May be enabled by thy powre 3 Farre from vs driue away the Foe And let a speedy Peace ensue Our Leader also be that so We eu●ry danger may eschew Let vs be taught the blessed Creed Of ●ather and of Sonne by Thee And how from both thou dost proceed That our beleefe it still may be To Thee the Father and the Sonne Whom past and present Times adore The One in Three and Three in One All glory be for euermore Here ends the first part of the Hymnes and Songs of the Church THE SECOND PART of the HYMNES and Songs of the CHVRCH appropriated to the seuerall Times and Occasions most obseruable in the Church of ENGLAND EVery thing hath his season saith the Preacher Eccl. 3. And Saint Paul aduiseth that all things should be done Honestly in Order and to Edification 1. Cor. 14 Which Counsell the Church religeously ●e●ding and h●w by obseruation of Times and other circumstances the memories and capacities of weake people were the better assisted It was prouided that there s●ould be An●uall Commemorations of the principall Mysteries of our redemption And certaine particular dayes we●e de●●cated to that purpose as nigh as might be gessed for the most part ●pon those very seesons of the yeare in which the seuerall M●steries were accomplished And in●eede this is not that heath●n●sh or Idolatrous heeding of Time● reprehended in Isa●ah 47. Nor such a Iewish or superstitious obse●uation of Dayes and Mouthes and Times an● Yeares as is reprooued by S Paul Gal. 4. Nor a ●●lciation f●r idlenesse contrary to the fourth Commandement But a Christian and warrantable Obseruation profitably ordained that things might be done in order that the vnderstanding might be the better ed●fied that the memory might be the oftner refreshed and that the Deuotion might be the more stirred vp It is true that we ought to watch euery howre But if the Church had not by her authority appointed set dayes and hou●es to keepe vs aw●ke in some of vs would h●●●ly wat●h one hower And therefore those who haue zeale according to knowledge doe not only religiously obserue ●he Churches appointed Times but doe by her example voluntarily also appoint vnto themselues certaine dayes an● howers of the day for Christian exercises Neither can any m●n suppose this commendable obseruation of Feas●s neither burthensome by multitude nor superstitious by in●it●tion to b● an abridgement of Christian liberty who as he ought to doe beleeueth that the Seruice of God is perfect freedome We perswade not that one day is more holy then anoth●r in his owne nature But admonish that those bee reuere●tly and Christianly obserued whi●h are vpon so good ground and with prudent moderation dedicated to the worship of God For it cannot be denied that euen those who are but coldly aff●cted to the Churches ordinances in this kinde doe neuerthelesse ofte● apprehend the mysterie of Christs Natiuity and Passion vpon the dayes of commemorating them much mo●e feelingly th●n at other times and that they forget also some other mysteries altogether vntill they are remembred of them by the distinction and obseruation of times vsed in the Church These things considered an● because there be many w●● through ignorance rather then obstina●y haue neglected the Churches ordinance in this poynt here are added to those Songs of the Church which were either taken out of the Canonicall Scripture or anciently in vse certaine other spirituall Songs Hymnes appropriated to those Dayes Occasions which are most obseruable throughout the yeare And before each seuerall Hymne is prefixed a breefe Preface also to declare their vse the purpose of each Commemoration That such who haue heretofore through ignorance contemned the Churches discipline therein might behaue themselues more reuerently hereafter and learne not to speake euill of those things they vnderstand not Aduent Sunday THe Aduent is that for Christmas which Iohn Baptist was to Christ ●uen a fore-runner for Preparation And it is called the Aduent which signifieth Comming because the Church did vsually from that time vntill the Natiuity commemorate the seueral commings of Christ and instruct the people concerning them Which Commings are these and the like His Conception by which he came into the Virgins wombe His Natiuity by which he came as it were further into the world His comming to Preach in his own Person His comming by his Ministers His comming to Ierusalem The comming of the Holy Ghost His spirituall cōming which he vouchsafeth into the heart of euery Regenerate Christian And finally that last comming of his which shall be vnto Iudgement c. All which Commings are comprehended in these three his comming to men into men and against men to men by his Incarnation into men by Grace against men to Iudgement Song 45. Sing this as the 9. Song WHen Iesus Christ incarnate was To be our Brother then came He When into vs he comes by grace Then his beloued Spouse are we When he from Heau'n descends agen To be our Iudge returnes he then 2 And then despaire will those confound Tha● his first commings nought regard And those who till the Trumpet sound Consume their Leasures vnprepard Curst be those pleasures cry they may Which droue the thought of this away 3 The Iewes abiected yet remaine That his first Aduent heeded not And those fiue Virgins knockt in vaine Who to prouide them oyle forgot But safe and blessed those men are Who for his commings doe prepare 4 O let vs therefore watch and pray His times of visiting to know And liue so furnisht that we may With him vnto his wedding goe Yea though at midnight he should call Let vs be ready Lampes and all 5 And so prouide before that Feast Which Christ his comming next doth minde That He to come and be a Guest Within our hearts may pleasure finde And we bid welcome with good cheare That Comming which so many feare 6 Oh come LORD Iesu come away Yea though the world it shall deterre Oh let thy Kingdome come we pray Whose comming most too much deferre And grant vs thereof such foresight It come not like a Theefe by night Christmas day THis Day is worthily dedicated to be obserued in remembrance of the blessed Natiuity of our Redeemer Iesus Christ At which time it pleased the Almighty Father to send his onely be gotten Sonne into the world for our sakes and by an vnspeakeable vnion to ioyne in one person God and Man without confusion of Natures or possibility of separation To expresse therefore our thankefulnesse and the ioy wee ought to haue in this loue of GOD there hath beene anciently

humble thoughts shall mount vs hie Eu'n to eternall blisse 7 Oh pardon all those hainous crimes Whereof we guilty are To serue thee more in future times Our hearts doe thou prepare And make thou gracious in thy sight Both vs and this we do That thou therein mayst take delight And we haue loue thereto 8 No new Oblation we deuise For sinnes prefer'd to be Propitiatory sacrifice Was made at full by Thee The Sacrifice of Thankes is that And all that thou dost craue And we our s●lues are part of what We sacrificed haue 9 We doe no grosse Realities Of Flesh in this conceaue Or that their proper qualities The ●read or Wine doe leaue Yet in this holy Eucharist We by a meanes diuine Know we are fed with thee oh Christ Receiuing Bread and Wine 10 And though the outward Elements For signes acknowledg'd be We cannot say thy Sacraments Things onely signall be Because who e're thereof partakes In those this powre it hath It either them thy Members makes Or slaues of Sinne and Death 11 Nor vnto those doe we encline But from them are estrang'd Who yeeld the forme of Bread and Wine Yet thinke the Substance chang'd For we beleeue each Element Is what it seemes indeed Although that in thy Sacrament Therewith on thee we feed 12 Thy Real-presence we auowe And know it so diuine That carnall Reason knowes not how That presence to define For when thy Flesh we feed on thus Though strange it doe appeare Both we in thee and thou in vs Eu'n at one instant are 13 No maruaile many troubled were This Secret to vnfold For Mysteries Faiths obects are Not things at pleasure told And he that would by Reason sound What Faith 's deepe reach conceaues May both himselfe and them confound To whom his Rules he leaues 14 Let vs therefore our Faith erect On what thy Word doth say And hold their knowledge in suspect That new Foundations lay For such full many a grieuous Rend Within thy Church haue left And by thy peacefull Sacrament The world of Peace bereft 15 Yea what thy pledge and seale of Loue Was first ordain'd to be Doth great and hateful Quarrels moue Where wrangling spirits be And many men haue lost their blood Who did thy Name professe Because they hardly vnderstood What others would expresse 16 Oh let vs not hereafter so About meere words contend The while our crafty common Foe Procures on vs his end But if in Essence we agree Let all with Loue assay A helpe vnto he weake to bee And for each other pray 17 Loue is that blessed Cymment LORD Which must vs re-vnite In bitter speeches f●re and sword It neuer tooke delight The Weapons those of Malice are And they themselu●s beguile Who dreame that such ordained were Thy Church to reconcile 18 Loue brought vs hither and that Loue Pers●●ad●s vs to implore That thou all Christians hearts would'st moue To seeke it more and more And that Selfe will no more bewitch Our minds with foule debate Nor fill vs with that malice which Disturbes a quiet state 19 But this especially we craue That perfect Peace may be Mong those that disagreed haue In show of loue to thee That they with vs and we with them May Christian Peace retaine And both in new Ierusalem With thee for euer raigne 20 No longer let ambit●ous Ends Blinde Zeale or cankred Spight Those Churche● keep from being friends Whom Loue should fast vnite But let thy glory shine among Those Candlestickes we pray We may behold what hath so long Exil●d thy Peace away 21 That those who heeding not thy word Expect an earthly Powre And vainly thinke some temp'rall Sword Shall Antichrist deuoure That those may know thy weapons are No such as they doe faigne And that it is no carnall warre Which we must entertaine 22 Confessors Martyrs Preachers strike The Blowes that gaine this Field Thanks Prayre Instructions and the like Those weapons are they weild Long-suffering Patience Prudent-care Must be the Court-of-Guard And Faith and Innocencie are Instead of Walles prepard 23 For these no question may as well Great Babel ouerthrow As Ierichoes large Bulwarkes fell When men did Rams-hornes blowe Which could wee credit wee should cease All bloody plots to lay And to suppose Gods holy peace Should come the Deuils way 24 LORD let that flesh and bloud of thine Which fed vs hath to day Our hearts to thy True-loue encline And driue ill thoughts away Let vs remember what thou hast For our meere loue endur●de Eu'n when of vs despis'de thou wast And we thy death procur'de 25 And with each other for thy sake So truely let vs beare Our patience may vs dearer make When reconcil'd we are So when our courses finisht be We shall ascend aboue Sunne Moone and Starres to liue with Thee That art the God of Loue. Ember weeke THe Ember weekes are foure Fasts anciently solemnized at the foure principall Seasons of the yeare and by an Institu●ion appointed to bee obserued for diuers good purposes First to humble our selues by Fasting and Prayer that God might vpon our humiliation be mooued to grant vs the blessings belonging to those seasons Secondly that it might please God to strengthen our Constitutions against the distemperatures occasioned by the seuerall humors predominate at those Times to the endangering of our bodily healths Thirdly that we might be remembred to dedicate a part of euery season to Gods glory And lastly that there might be a publike Fasting and Prayers made for those according to the Apost●es vse who by the laying on of hands were to bee confirmed in the Ministery of the Gospell For the Sunday next after ●hese Fasts is the time ordinarily appointed for the ordination of such as are called to those Offices Song 84. Sing this as the 9. Song THou dost from eu'ry season LORD To profit vs aduantage take And at their fittest Times afford Thy Blessings for thy mercy sake At Winter Summer Fall or Spring We furnish'd are of eu'ry thing 2 A part therefore from each of these With one consent reseru'd haue we In Prayer and Fasting to appease That wrath our sinnes haue moou'd in thee And that thou mayst not for our crimes Destroy the blessings of the Times 3 Oh grant that our Deuotions may With true sincerenesse be perform'd And that our liues not for a day But may for euer be reform'd Lest we remaine as fast in sinne As if we neu'r had fasting byn 4 Our Constitution● temper so Those Humors which this season raine May not haue powre to ouerthrowe That health which yet we doe retaine Else through that weaknesse which it brings LORD make vs strong in better things 5 And since thy holy Church appoints These times thy Workemen forth to send And those for Pastors now anoynts Who on thy ●olde are to attend Blesse thou where they who should ordaine With Pray●e and Fasting hands haue laine 6 Oh blesse them euer-blessed LORD Whom for thy worke

Heauen Honour praise and glory be Now and still hereafter giuen For thy blessings daigned me Who hast granted and prepared More then can be well declared By thy mercy thou didst raise me From below the pits of clay Thou hast taught my lips to praise thee Where thy loue confesse I may And those blessed hopes dost leaue me Whereof no man can bereaue me By thy grace those passions troubles And those wants that me opprest Haue appear●d as water-bubbles Or as dreames and things in ieast For thy leisure still attending I with pleasure saw their ending Those afflictions and those terrors Which to others grim appeare Did but shew me where my errors And my imperfections were But distrustfull could not make me Of thy loue nor fright nor shake me When in publike to defame me A designe was brought to passe On their heads that meant to shame me Their owne malice turned was And that day most grace was showne me Which they thought should haue vndone me Therefore as thy blessed Psalmist When he saw his warres had end And his dayes were at the calmest Psalmes and Hymnes of praises pend So my rest by thee enioyed To thy praise I haue employed Yea remembring what I vowed When enclos'd from all but thee I thy presence was allowed While the world neglected me This my Muse hath tooke vpon her That she might aduance thine honour LORD accept my poore endeauour And assist thy seruant so In good Studies to perseuer That more fruitfull he may grow And become thereby the meeker Not his owne vaine Glory seeker Grant my frailties and my folly And those daily Sinnes I doe May not make this Worke vnholy Nor a blemish bring thereto But let all my faults committed With compassion be remitted Those base hopes that would possesse m● And those thoughts of vaine repute Which doe now and then oppresse me Doe not LORD to me impute And though part they will not from me Let them neuer ouercome me Till this present from obsceannesse Thou oh LORD hast kept my Pen And my Uerse abhorr'd vncleannesse Though it vaine were now and then My loose thoughts it ne're enflamed But I thereby them haue tamed Still with-hold me from delighting That which thine may mis-beseeme And from eu'ry kinde of Writing Whereby this may loose esteeme That I may with Faith and Reason Eu'ry future Uolume season Oh preserue me from committing Aught that●s hainously amisse From all speeches him vnfitting That hath beene employ●d on this Yea as much as may be daigned Keepe my very Thoughts vnstained That these Helpes vnto Deuotion May no scandall haue at all LORD I make to thee this motion For their sakes that vse them shall Of the world I am not fearefull Nor of mine owne glory carefull Whil'st thy fauours thou dost daigne me I despise the worlds respect And most comforts entertaine me When I suffer most neglect Yea I then am best rewarded When I seeme the least regarded For oh when I minde my Sauiour And how many a spightfull tongue Sland'red his most pure behauiour And his pious't workes did wrong I contented am and care not Though my life Detraction spare not Therefore when that I shall blamed Or with cause or causlesse be So thy Truth be not defamed Fall what can befall on me Let my fame of none be friended So thy Saints be not offended That is most my feare oh Father Thy assistance therefore send And oh let me perish rather Then thy little ones offend Let my life some honour doe thee Or by death returne me to thee For thy praise I wish and loue it And oh let my end be shame If for mine owne sake I couet Either life or death or fame So it may be to thy glory Let Detraction write my storie But to thee which way aua●ling Can my shame or honour be Truth shall euer be preuailing Whatsoe're is thought of me Thou nought loosest through my folly Nor gain'st ought by the most holy And I know that whosoeuer Hath thy glory in esteeme Will accept this good endeauour Whatsoe're the Workeman seeme Let oh therefore be fulfilled That which thou oh LORD hast willed And when I with Israels Singer To these Songs of Faith shall learne Thy ten-stringed Law to finger And that Musicke to discerne Lift me to that Angell-quire Whereunto thy Saints aspire FINIS To the Reader THat such as haue skill and are delighted with musicke may haue the more varietie to stirre vp the soone cloyed affections these Hymnes are fitted with many new tunes neuerthelesse all but some few of them may be sung to such tunes as haue beene heretofore in vse For the benefit therefore of those who haue no experience in Musicke I haue here set downe which Songs they be and to what old tunes they may be sung To the tune of the 1.2.3 and of an hundred other Psalmes may be sung Song the 3.21.32.33.35.38.43.53.57.58.67.69.72.78.81.83.85.86.87.90 To the tune of the 51.100.125 Psalmes and the ten Commandements c. may be sung Song the 5.6.8.11.12.27.28.34.42.44.48.51.52.56.60.61.64.65.66.68 70.73.76.77.80.88 To the tune of the 112.127 Psalmes the Lords Prayer c. may be sung Song the 7.40.41.45.49.50.54.59 62.71.74.75.79.82.84.89 To the tune of the 113. Psalme may be sung Song the 9.10.17 To the tune of the 25. Psalme may bee sung Song the 20. To the tune of the 124. Psalme may be sung Song the 47. FINIS Errata PAge 2 in the Title of the Song reade Exod. 15. p. 6. in the Title of the Song reade Deut. 32. pa. 40. li. 26 reade the pauement of it li. 43. reade with Charity pa. 42. in the direction for Thy reade Vnderneath pa 67. li. 18. for aliue reade to life pa. 110. li. 17. reade to the Gentiles pa. 138. in the direction for And reade The pa. 145. li. 17. for confuted reade comforted